us that students at the school who spotted the done exactly what they were supposed to do. scary moments for students at owings mills high school tuesday around 10:00 a.m., after baltimore county officers were sent to the school for a call that a student at some sort of weapon. >> the students to savio the person with the gun did exactly what we would want them to do. they reported it very promptly to the school administrators. the school administrators did exactly what they were supposed to do. they locked down the school, contacted the police immediately by calling 911. >> a concern parent was about to enter the school to pick up her sick child when police arrived. >> i saw two or three dozen of them get out with rifles, and i lost it after that. i was no good after that. parents were showing up. >> the school was put on lockdown, something students

described as very frightening. >> we heard on the sticker that was a code red, so we had to get down. >> students had said they saw it didn't showing of the weapon and that turned out to be an airsoft bb gun that looks like a real handgun. the 17-year-old student was taken into custody. investigators say 22 minutes laps from the time they got the call until the student was taken away. this is the third unrelated incident in a baltimore county school and parents remain on edge. >> this is just too much. every other day, every other week, something is going on at the school. you are scaring the children everyday -- sending the children to school every day to get an

education and you have to be concerned about whether they are real weapons or not. >> police are not identifying the 17-year-old student as he will be charged with the juvenile. coming up at 6:00, a number of parents were concerned that they were not notified from the school about the situation. we talked to school officials, who have not answered begin to have an answer why. >> authorities in anne arundel county had a similar situation on their hands about an hour later. a 17-year-old student was arrested for bringing a knife and a pellet gun to school and showing them off to another student. the investigation is ongoing. members of the girls' soccer team are being treated at the hospital after a school bus was involved in an accident this afternoon.

it involves girls from the national academy foundation. the bus collided with a minivan with such force it was pushed up against an office building. city police are continuing their investigation. two people were shot while waiting in line at a downtown nightclub. the latest incident happened around 1:00 yesterday morning along the 400 block of west baltimore street and just across from the hippodrome theater. an armed men opened fire on two victims, causing other patrons to scatter. one of the victims as listed in critical condition and the others condition is unknown tonight. police say the shooter remains at large. >> authorities in college park or searching for gunman who robbed a university of maryland

students while he looked for a job near campus. happened around 9:30 last night on talbert road. he was running with other students when an armed man demanded the handover whatever they had. no one was injured in the attack. prince george's county police are now handling the investigation. testimony continued in the trial of two prince george's county police officers accused of beating a college park student. the attack was caught on a self on camera. barry simms is live with the latest. >> we learned that john mckenna was struck at least 12 times by those two officers. an expert testified it was excessive use of force. charged with assault and misconduct in office, prosecutors and the defense are focusing on the actions of prince george's county police officer james harris and an officer reginald baker. the officers were part of it

civil disturbance team who were mounted on patrol and dressed in riot gear. investigators testified tuesday. a key piece of evidence is the video shot on march 4, 2010, showing this celebration of the crowd in college park. it shows the beating of john mckenna, who was a 21-year-old college humojr.. he said as much can approach the horses, his behavior was not aggressive or noncompliant. the reported meeting with batons by baker and harris was excessive force. the defense pointed out that prince george's county police are trained in how to assess and handle the danger of mobs and

that crowd can be hostile and drunk. a lieutenant testified about the incident that officer harris and claimed to be a witness and denied using of baton on mckenna. the use of force expert continues his testimony tomorrow. reporting live from the prince george's county courthouse in upper marlboro, barry simms, .bal-tv 11 tnew >> all eyes are on tonight's presidential debate on long island. republicans figured governor romney will be buoyed by new set of independent polls. >> with mitt romney ahead in a new poll in a critical swing

state, even more is riding on tonight's debate here. the pressure is on, but so was his smile as barack obama heads to the debate. a new poll shows romney reading in 12 battleground states -- leading in 12 battleground states. since the debate in denver, gallup found romney trailed with women in swing states by just one. tina obama disputes the numbers. >> whoever wins the women went election. >> tonight's debate is a town hall, audience questions. george bush looked terrible in a debate like that in 2001. bill clinton looked empathetic.

>> when people lose their jobs, there is a good chance i will know them by their names. today at hofstra, he will continue to preach what he believes in comic as he is more moderate than people give him credit for. >> obama needs to take charge and show he has been running the country for four years. >> something terrible happened, and we have to find out what it was. >> secretary of state clinton is saying blame her, not the president. much of tonight's focus will be on the economy. roughly 80 uncommitted voters will make up tonight's town hall and ask questions screen and selected by moderator candy crowley, who can ask follow-ups. >> you can watch the debate

tonight on wbal-tv 11, wbaltv.com, and on your mobile device. live coverage begins at 9:00 right here on wbal-tv 11. >> after costly weeks 64 the ravens, losing two of their big stars with season-ending injuries, is a well-deserved and much needed day off for the team. we found some of the players out in the community. rob roblin finds out how they are feeling about the loss of ray lewis and lardarius webb. >> 100 young people get to test their physical endurance and their ability to work as a team. the kids were from dogwood elementary school. they were here today to take part in the first ever ravens team challenge. >> we are getting kids out and getting them active. the focus is on fitness, sportsmanship, and academics.

it is also one in the kids to be active for 60 minutes a day. >> several ravens players were here today, having fun with the kids. >> we probably have more fun than the kids do. something like this is always really fun. >> the season ending injuries to ray lewis and lardarius webb was on all the players' minds. >> that is the nature of the game. you are going to have injuries. you just have to move forward. all i know is we are going to move forward as a team and do what we need to do. >> it is life. things happen that are unfortunate, but we deal with that and everybody is going to play their role. >> ray rice made a surprise visit to yield an elementary school and he also talked about

the injuries. >> lardarius webb is a hard- working guy. we look for to having here -- having him here next year. whatever ray rice decides to do , i am always optimistic. i need him back with me next year. >> the players all say injuries are a part of football, and they are on a team. on this team, it is the next man up. >> we hope he gets back strong but we have to keep doing our job and doing what we do. >> we have to bounce back. our team has to be tighter than ever and go to work. >> you have to step it up. >> still ahead, five teens in an alley are probst by man wearing a president obama mask and asked

to empty their pockets. >> amazing progress for the man who received a full facial transplant at the university of maryland medical center. wait until you hear what hospital officials say it richard norris can do, just nine months after his surgery. months after his surgery.

>> police in baltimore county are searching for an armed robber with an interesting disguise. he reportedly was wearing a president obama mask. detectives say he approached a group, puts one of them to the ground, demanding that he empty his pockets. one of the other victims screamed and the man wearing the mask took off. the teens were not harmed. >> and nominal progress for the man who received a full facial transplant -- phenomenal progress for the man. hospital officials say richard norris can eat primarily by mouth and can also taste and smell. the virginia man received that transplant back in march. included replacement of bo dollis, teeth, tongue, skin, and underlying nerve and muscle

tissue from his scalp to his neck. . the problem has thousands of patients concern that they will get sick with the meningitis outbreak. >> patients are inundating doctors' offices with phone calls, concerned steroid injections prescribed to ease their chronic pain might result in meningitis. >> it has swamped my secretary's phone line. >> this doctor in cleveland says the meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids has translated into high anxiety among some of his patients. experts say all of the potentially contaminated steroid injections have been recalled and there should be no danger to patients currently

undergoing injections. >> this is such a rare occurrence, it would be like trying to avoid a tsunami. it could happen, but it is extremely difficult to predict. >> that is just what federal health investigators are trying to do. this is the war room at the center for disease control and prevention. scientists are on the front line, trying to stop the rare phone call meningitis from killing again. -- trying to stop rare fungal meningitis from killing again. on monday, the food and drug administration warned other drugs from the new england compound in center may have been tainted. >> but we don't know where they went. those medications and where they were distributed have not yet been identified. >> there are unconfirmed reports of fungal infections into heart patients and that someone who receive the difference there

roy, an ominous sign that cases may continue to rise. -- received a different steroid. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> cool fall afternoon temperatures all across the region with high speaking in the mid-60's in most areas. 60 at randallstown, 61 at cockeysville and columbia at 62 degrees. normal for this time of october, 63 in easton, and a chilly 48 up at oakland on the western side of the state. cloud cover blocked the sun in the western maryland mountains for a while. coming in on the northwesterly breezes in western maryland and west virginia. high pressure is strengthening now and we will basically see clear skies for the rest of the

night as the high pressure comes in. 38 in the suburbs, 48 downtown. sunset coming up at 6:25. high pressure coming in tonight and tomorrow should provide another really nice day tomorrow. on thursday, a series of fronts of to the rest it is off to the west will start dropping in. -- a series of fronts of to the west will start dropping in. there will be high, thin clouds that block the sun at times, but not totally. son up at 7:9 teen -- sunup at 7:19. high tide at fort mchenry at 8:10 in the morning. western maryland will see some cloud cover tomorrow, 61 and some showers on thursday, killing all those temperatures a little bit. on the eastern shore it will be

gorgeous tomorrow and even a little milder. shower chances thursday on the eastern shore until after sunset. most of the day thursday will be decent. showers on thursday arriving after sunset, going into thursday night. it is still hurricane season and we are watching raphael, the ninth hurricane of the season and the 17th named storm. it is now affecting hamilton bermuda out in the middle of the atlantic. it looks like it will be passing east of them had 85 miles an hour winds as a category one hurricane, then moving out to the chilly waters of the north atlantic. the next few hours, tropical storm force winds on bermuda and some heavy surf, but by tomorrow morning, that storm should be

gone. 71 here on thursday with showers in the late afternoon or early evening. the showers may linger into friday morning and then variable cloudiness and cooler. >> still ahead, high security at the hospital where a teenage pakistani girl is recovering after she was shot for speaking out against the taliban. >> find out what has officials >> find out what has officials as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views,

therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6. it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year,

which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses and more skycaps unloading more taxis... welcome to bwi. ...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message. ♪

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st. -- question 6 is so controversial it has put one official from our stake out of a job. he was put on leave after signing a petition against the same sex marriage law. is the choice the members the president says has many people concerned, due to her position. she called the action the university took against her a nightmare. her attorney says she is not anti-gay, but only thinks the issue should be settled by democratic process. >> let me set the record straight. dr. angela mccaskill of gallaudet university is not, and has never been, anti-gay. dr. mccaskill is pro-democracy. she has a constitutional right to engage in the political

process. she believes intolerance and inclusiveness -- she believes then tolerance. >> the president says the university will work with mccaskill to reach a resolution. undecided voters will get a chance to grill president obama and mitt romney tonight. >> it is the 2012 showdown round 2. sally kidd is live where it is all going to be taking place tonight. tonight's debate is a different format and we saw in round one. what more can you tell us about that? >> it is a town hall style format, the only such debate for the presidency. it basically means there is an audience but no podiums. the candidates will be able to walk around and interact with the audience, made up of about 80 undecided voters.

they will be posing the questions tonight. >> only certain audience members will be allowed to ask those questions tonight. how are they chosen? >> the entire audience was chosen by the gallup polling organization. they essentially asked questions of president voters here in this county and found some who are considered uncommitted voters. those voters then submitted questions to cnn moderator candy crowley. she is the one who will decide which questions should be asked. they should have enough for about 12 of boaters to ask their questions. the first question goes to mitt romney from a point of. the moderator will be able to ask follow-up questions to ensure that the candidates are actually giving direct answers. >> tillis then on their

preparations today. >> that have been hunkered down in debate preparation for several days now. the president's advisers called his preparation debate camp. he was at a resort in williamsburg, practicing with senator john kerry. governor romney was in boston practicing with ohio senator rob portman. they have done a walk-through of the debate hall, which is behind me. >> sally kidd at boston university. >> one of the worst cases of witness intimidation in baltimore history. >> the family of seven murdered after speaking out about drugs and violence. we look back at the killings, 10 years later. >> high concentrations of lead. how easy would it be for that child to get lead poisoning?

now a new concern, it could be in a little girls pirate costume in a little girls pirate costume

>> live, local, late-breaking. you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. >> 10 years ago today, a family

of seven was tragically murdered for speaking out against drug dealers in their community. the dolphin family, a mother, father, and their five children -- the dawson family perished when their home was firebombed. >> 10 years later, it is still going strong. lisa robinson is live at the scene in east baltimore, where a memorial is about to take place. >> the city just finished up for the tent-year memorial. the dawson family may be gone, but they are kept alive in a special place in this community. >> students are heading into the dawson family safe haven program. >> the center opened in 2007

with city housing spending $1.20 million to demolish the burned out home and build the center. on october 16, 2002, there'll brooks kicked in at their door, doused the house and gasoline, and set the house on fire, killing angela dawson, her husband, and their five kids. >> to come up and nominal -- memorialized his family because they stood for something, they stood for the principles that they will not let people infringed their neighborhood or their area because of drug activity. >> the children who come here have a safe, clean place to work and learn. >> it is a motivational drive, because they are really excited to come here after school.

it is like a safe place where they might go and complete homework or get some mentoring. >> even those who work in the committee to keep positive changes driving here after violence stole the dawsons. >> we have to stick together and help one another. >> that memorial service begins at 6:30 this evening. the mayor is expected to come to that, as well as congressman cummings. instead of having a candlelight vigil, they will have many flashlights, and it will get started at 6:30 tonight. lisa robinson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> what a wonderful tribute to that family. here is a look at some of our other top stories. owings mills high school was

placed on lockdown this morning after a student brought a bb gun into the building. police say they were able to identify the 17-year-old shortly after viewing video from school security cameras. he will be charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and disruption of school activity. prosecutors say that two police officers abuse their power when they assaulted a university of maryland student two years ago during a rowdy post-game celebration. they are accused of beating it don mckenna as he celebrated the team's basketball win. jurors saw video of that night's brutal encounter. the defense argues that their clients work simply foot shoulders -- foot soldiers who were following orders. coach john harbaugh announced that ray lewis and lardarius

webb have been sidelined for the rest of the season. the players that will be tough, but the important thing is to move forward as a teen. >> a security scare at the hospital where the pakistani 14- year-old activist is recovering. he was moved to a hospital in birmingham, england, to receive advanced treatment after being shot by the taliban for her advocacy for girls' education in pakistan. >> overnight, we are told a number of people attempting to get close to her hospital bed, claim to be members of her family. the hospital describing them as

irritating. has raised concerns about security. she has now been seen by six specialists. >> hurt initial assessments have been undertaken by the neurosurgeon. we have some detailed assessments to undertake from various specialists teams who may be involved later on down the line, but we are pleased with the progress she has made so far. >> it is clear that she will need reconstructive surgery, but she needs to get better first. she is not out of the woods yet. one doctor was quoted as saying she shows every sign of being as strong as we were led to believe. >> remember the huge eyeball that was found last week? the mystery may be solved. >> wildlife officials have released their official conclusion. the creature behind the big i, coming up.

>> we will tell you about one man's soundtrack for his cancer treatment. we will have that story coming up. it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year, which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses

and more skycaps unloading more taxis... welcome to bwi. ...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message.

>> the military tribunal for the 9/11 terrorist camp at guantanamo bay, the men had the right to be absent from the pre- trial hearing. among those choosing to sit it out or the main defendant, khalid sheikh mohammed, some critics self-described as the mastermind behind the attack. >> an armed man looking to steal some quick cash picked the wrong convenience store. security cameras captured the scene inside the new haven, connecticut store. he held a knife to the clerk's neck and demanded money.

the clerk read the robbers armed. that is when his boss jump then and they pushed the robber outside and wrestled him to the ground. the suspect got out of his closing to get away, but the police caught up with him a short time later. arlen specter was laid to rest today in his home state of pennsylvania. vice-president joe biden attended appear service and described him as having undaunted courage. it was a republican who switched to the democratic party in 2009. he died sunday at the age of 82 from complications of non hodgkin's lymphoma. >> a warning tonight from u.s. customs agents. but they have uncovered a shipment of halloween costumes with more than 40 times the acceptable level of lead. >> one company is making sure a disabled teacher can enjoy her

years in peace and on her own.

>> coming up at 6:00, debate round 2 for president barack obama and republican mitt romney. find out what is at stake in a commitment 2012 report. some shifting within the baltimore city school system. many teachers may be asked to pack up their things and move to pack up their things and move to different

x emergency crews in new york spent the night trying to reopen the highway near vermont after a rock slide that blocked all vehicle access. how we crews had to bring in heavy equipment to remove all the debris. no one was injured in the incident. remember that huge eyeball that washed up in florida last week? it turns out it may have belonged to a sword fish. the agency says experts made the determination based on the size, color, and structure of the eyeball. they suggest an angler may have cut the eyeball out and tossed it our board. -- overboard. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the average temperatures come in just a little below normal for this time of year.

63 degrees for the high, and the normally a 67. tomorrow will be a little chilly air. record highs are nice and even, 94 the record high, 30 for the record low. a rare day when both records go back to the early 1900's. the record low goes back to 1876. that is a really old record when you consider the record keeping goes back to 1871. outside right now is 64 at the inner harbor downtown. all around the region, it is a cool fall afternoon. 63 at bwi marshall, ocean city at 63. the cool air is locked into western maryland bounds. they have been catching some cloud cover blowing in off the great lakes and now that is diminishing.

it will be clear for the rest of the night for most areas. sunset at 6:25. the area of high pressure that brought the beautiful fall conditions today moose off the coast tomorrow. temperatures will start coming up a little bit and the front to the west starts to approach, bringing the next train chance thursday afternoon or evening. 66-71 degrees with son up at 7:19. waves around 1 foot and a water temperatures gradually cooling off a little bit. in western maryland there is a rain chance but it does not get there until thursday. 54 with the showers on thursday. on the eastern shore down to cambridge, 7's 4 highs. showers on thursday probably not

until after sunset. nice fall weather with highs in the seven's. we are watching hurricane raphael out near bermuda. kind of a threat to bermuda. they are getting some squalling whether there, tropical storm force winds. the center of the storm is a plea to the south and east. a category one hurricane is expected to go east of bermuda tonight and gradually weaken over the coup or waters of the north atlantic. 69 tomorrow, back in the low 70's briefly on thursday, but show hours in the afternoon or evening bring a cold front into the area, dropping our temperatures a bit. the weekend looks nice, sunny to partly cloudy with overnight lows down in the 40's. >> maryland lawmakers are on the

front lines fighting a war. this one is on u.s. soil, but not what you might think. this battle takes place inside a room in cyberspace. intelligence officials are bringing together state and national fiber leaders at the convention center downtown. it focuses on cyber security threats, trends, and new products. officials are working to make sure the internet remains a place to do business and strengthen the economy. what they are doing here is not often, but defense, the ability to block incoming attacks. amazon.com says it will hire 50,000 temporary workers in the coming months. they will fill positions that order fulfillment centers across the country for the holiday season. they say they expect thousands of those temporary hires to stay

on full time. macy's says it plans to hire an additional 80,000 seasonal workers while wal-mart plans to hire 50,000. some good news tonight for more than 56 million social security recipients who are about to see their monthly payments increase by nearly 2%. the exact number is 1.7%. a key measure of inflation determines whether people receive social security get a cost adjustment. about 800,000 people will also receive the increase. that impacts about one in five u.s. residents. the salmonella scare that took thousands of jars of peanut butter of the score shelves and has been expanded to include shelled peanuts. they were sold mainly in dollar general and wal-mart stores.

there were processed at the same plant at the center of the peanut butter and salmonella outbreak that sickened 35 people. officials are labeling certain :costumes hazardous for children who wear them. some costumes came from china and were stopped at u.s. customs in seattle for routine inspection. i patches and jewelry in the costumes contained too much lead. >> it is telling me that in this child's eye patch, that goes over the child's eye, there was too much lead. >> all the costumes will be destroyed. the shipment was valued at more than $10,000. the consumer product safety commission posts the items they find on their website.

>> with the still gloomy economy, one maryland organization had a real spark of hope today. the party with the rebuilding together baltimore group to renovate a couple's row home. they received a new bathroom and referred interior stairway. contractors also added a wheelchair ramp. if your child comes home with the brand new book today, thank a teacher. some of the educators are being asked to pack up their rooms and move to different schools. those stories coming at new at 6:00. >> a cancer survivor is bringing smiles to cancer patients. coming up, we will explain.

as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally.

i wouldn't want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, so i shouldn't deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. i support this law because it doesn't force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6.

>> a cancer survivor is using personal experience and power of song to connect with patients undergoing treatment all over the country. today the traveling performer was here in baltimore. sarah has more on why his lyrics are so powerful. -- on why her lyrics are so

powerful. >> lois has sat through hundreds of doctors appointments but she has never had one quite like this. >> once he started off singing, it was just fantastic. it is like he is talking for all of us. >> an inspirational singer travels the country with his tale of survival. after being diagnosed with the rare form of cancer, he had to have his upper jaw removed. >> i was sitting in the chemo chair and i was really angry, depressed, and sad. i said wait a minute, this is all about how i see things. i could see this a different way. i do have a choice. >> he composed a rock opera that chronicles his bout of cancer

from diagnosis to recovery. he has taken into more than 70 hospitals nationwide. the staff at franklin square hospital started calling him a guitar charlie. he says the songs are for them, too. >> it is supposed to inspire both the patients and staff, because we are all going through this together. >> i said i need energy, some kind of pill or something to give me energy. she said we will check and see if you can take a vitamin or something like that, and he was my vitamin. >> charlie also gets a boost from his performances. >> it reminds me every day how lucky i am to be on the planet, that i get to do this. >> he has a cd called "make me

nuclear." >> i am sally kidd in hempstead, new york. mitt romney is hoping for a new york knocked out, while the president is said to be primed for a comeback. >> as gullett put on lockdown after a student brings a b b done -- a school is put on lockdown after a student brings a bb gun to school. >> the use of force becomes the issue in the trial of two officers accused of being a college student. details coming up. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news at 6:00. >> are big story tonight at 6:00, a big night in the race for the white house. president obama and republican presidential nominee mitt romney meet in their second debate.

>> the stakes could not be higher for both candidates. sally kidd is at hofstra university with our commitment 2012 update. >> the round to a showdown is taking place inside this arena at hofstra university. it is a town hall style format, that really changes the dynamics for this debate. the pressure is on, big time. polls are putting the race in a dead heat. tonight's match up could be a make or break moment for either side. they both arrived after several days of intensive debate preparation. >> this is the only debate in which both of them will take questions about anything, and they are coming from voters directly. >> for president obama, tonight is about redemption. advisers say he needs to deliver a strong performance after a weak showing in round one. weak showing in round one.